{"product_id":"urban-china-hardback-9780745653587","title":"Urban China (Hardback) 9780745653587","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUrban China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eXuefei Ren (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745653587, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 March 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e218 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 2 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A must-read book for those who want a critical and multifaceted examination of Chinese urbanization. The author is clearly at home in China and shares insights we rarely read about.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSaskia Sassen, Columbia University, author of \u003ci\u003eCities in a World Economy 2012\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A significant contribution to introducing the process of China’s urbanization.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe China Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The world is fascinated by the fundamental changes in China's cities and how they link to larger projects of national development and globalization. Few scholars have examined these questions with such a broad-ranging focus as Xuefei Ren does here, offering new insight into growing inequality, how shifting landscapes are transforming lives, and the implications of these dynamics for citizen protest, human rights, and new cultural practices.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDiane E. Davis, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"By far the most comprehensive account of the changing Chinese urban society. Ren's critical reading of the current urban China research begins to reveal a new horizon of urban studies in a non-Western context – sweeping through specific configurations of hukou and 'villages in the city' to more general changes in social and spatial inequalities.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFulong Wu, University College London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCurrently  there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population  exceeding one  million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents  a crucial  development for studies on globalization and urban  transformation. This  concise and engaging book examines the past  trajectories, present  conditions, and future prospects of Chinese  urbanization, by  investigating five key themes - governance, migration,  landscape,  inequality, and cultural economy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on a  comprehensive  evaluation of the literature and original research  materials, Ren offers  a critical account of the Chinese urban condition  after the first  decade of the twenty-first century. She argues that  the urban-rural  dichotomy that was artificially constructed under  socialism is no longer  a meaningful lens for analyses and that Chinese  cities have become  strategic sites for reassembling citizenship rights  for both urban  residents and rural migrants. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is  essential reading for  students and scholars of urban and development  studies with a focus on  China, and all interested in understanding the  relationship between  state, capitalism, and urbanization in the global  context.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFigures and Tables viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMap ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronology x\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 China Urbanized 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Governance 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Landscape 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Migration 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Inequality 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Cultural Economy 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConclusion 191\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes 197\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography 203\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 215\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407323820312,"sku":"9780745653587","price":42.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745653587.jpg?v=1784161846","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/urban-china-hardback-9780745653587","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}